The Levi-Civita connection and geodesic equations for a stationary spacetime are studied in depth. General formulae which generalize those for warped products are obtained. These results are applicated to some regions of Kerr spacetime previously studied by using variational methods. We show that they are neither space…
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Geometric structures of Morris-Thorne wormhole metric with the semi-symmetric non-metric connectionsmath.DG
The paper studies geometric structures of wormholes using a new connection.
problem Exploring new geometric properties of wormholes.
method Extended Levi-Civita connection to semi-symmetric non-metric connections.
result Morris-Thorne wormholes exhibit specific geometric properties.
Jebsen-Birkhoff theorem extended to Berwald spacetimes.
problem Generalizing Birkhoff theorem to Berwald spacetimes.
method Proving Ricci-flat, spatially spherically symmetric Berwald spacetimes are pseudo-Riemannian or flat.
result Jebsen-Birkhoff theorem extended to Berwald spacetimes.
Study on black holes and photon surfaces in 4D spacetimes, proving uniqueness theorems.
problem Uniqueness of black hole and photon surfaces in 4D spacetimes.
method Potential theory approach, self-contained proofs for known and new cases.
result Proves new results for connected photon spheres and photon surfaces in the extremal case, and super-extremal case.
New cosmological spacetimes without CMC Cauchy surfaces found.
problem Finding CMC Cauchy surfaces in cosmological spacetimes.
method Generalized Bartnik's construction to connected sums of three-manifolds.
result Cosmological spacetimes without CMC Cauchy surfaces for any compact three-manifolds.
We describe conditions under which a spacetime connection and a scaled Lorentzian metric define natural symplectic and Poisson structures on the tangent bundle of the Einstein spacetime.
New findings show Berwald Finsler spacetimes cannot be metrized.
problem Can Szabo's metrizability theorem be extended to Finsler spacetimes?
method Investigation of Berwald Finsler spacetimes and their properties.
result Found a class of Berwald spacetimes with asymmetric Ricci tensors.
Characterizes Lorentzian manifolds with semi-symmetric metric connections.
problem Characterizing Lorentzian manifolds with specific metric connections.
method Analyzing semi-symmetric metric connections with vanishing curvature and recurrent torsion.
result Establishes conditions for perfect fluid and generalized Robertson-Walker spacetimes.
We classify simply-connected homogeneous ()-dimensional spacetimes for kinematical and aristotelian Lie groups with -dimensional space isotropy for all . Besides well-known spacetimes like Minkowski and (anti) de Sitter we find several new classes of geometries, some of which exist only for . Th…
We introduce the notion of a standard static Finsler spacetime where the base is a Finsler manifold. We prove some results which connect causality with the Finslerian geometry of the base extending analogous ones for static and stationary Lorentzian spacetimes.
The geometric content of the MacDowell-Mansouri formulation of general relativity is best understood in terms of Cartan geometry. In particular, Cartan geometry gives clear geometric meaning to the MacDowell-Mansouri trick of combining the Levi-Civita connection and coframe field, or soldering form, into a single physi…
Characterizes spacetimes using doubly torqued vectors.
problem Classifying spacetimes based on their geometric properties.
method Characterization through doubly torqued vectors and their properties.
result Doubly twisted and Kundt spacetimes can be characterized.
Given two points of a Generalized Robertson-Walker spacetime, the existence, multiplicity and causal character of geodesic connecting them is characterized. Conjugate points of such geodesics are related to conjugate points of geodesics on the fiber, and Morse-type relations are obtained. Applications to bidimensional …
We analyze a Lagrangian for spacetime connections in Loop Quantum Gravity.
problem Classical field theory in Loop Quantum Gravity with spacetime connections.
method Complete variational analysis using vector-valued differential forms.
result Equations for are equivalent to vacuum Einstein Field Equations; equations for and give the same constraint.
Classifies left invariant Kundt structures on 3D Lie groups.
problem Understanding Kundt spacetimes and their properties.
method Analyzes local structure and properties of left invariant Kundt structures.
result Classifies all left invariant Kundt structures on 3D simply connected unimodular Lie groups.
Spinors prove rigidity for polyhedral spacetime data.
problem Rigidity of polyhedral spacetime data sets.
method Extending rigidity analysis from spacetime positive mass theorem.
result Dihedral rigidity connects mass theorem, trapped surfaces.
Paper defines semi-quasi-Einstein manifolds and applies to Schwarzschild and Kottler spacetimes.
problem Defining and studying semi-quasi-Einstein manifolds.
method Introduced from a semi symmetric metric connection, analyzed with curvature conditions and Killing generators.
result Schwarzschild and Kottler spacetimes exhibit semi-quasi-Einstein structure.
Simply-connected homogeneous spacetimes for kinematical and aristotelian Lie algebras (with space isotropy) have recently been classified in all dimensions. In this paper, we continue the study of these "maximally symmetric" spacetimes by investigating their local geometry. For each such spacetime and relative to expon…
Connection by geodesics on globally hyperbolic spacetimes with a lightlike Killing vector fieldmath.DG
Given a globally hyperbolic spacetime endowed with a complete lightlike Killing vector field and a complete Cauchy hypersurface, we characterize the points which can be connected by geodesics. A straightforward consequence is the geodesic connectedness of globally hyperbolic generalized plane waves with a complete Cauc…
Anisotropic connections and parallel transport defined in Finsler spacetimes.
problem Defining and characterizing anisotropic connections and parallel transport in Finsler spacetimes.
method Introducing a new covariant derivative and parallel transport, identifying vertically trivial Finsler connections with anisotropic connections, and characterizing the Levi-Civita-Chern anisotropic connection.
result Characterization of the Levi-Civita-Chern anisotropic connection as the one preserving the length of parallely propagated vectors.
The paper explores Finsler-type objects and their variational problems on spacetimes.
problem Generalizing Einstein equations to the Finsler setting.
method Study of the ladder of Finsler-type objects and their variational problems.
result Application of the ladder structure to variational proposals for Finsler spacetimes.
In this paper, we study the Einstein multiply warped products with a semi-symmetric non-metric connection and the multiply warped products with a semi-symmetric non-metric connection with constant scalar curvature, we apply our results to generalized Robertson-Walker spacetimes with a semi-symmetric non-metric connecti…
The chapter explores globally hyperbolic spacetimes using topology and functional analysis.
problem Understanding global hyperbolicity in spacetimes.
method Foundational tools from order theory and topology, geometric analysis, and connections to physics.
result A connection between global hyperbolicity and geodesic completeness of space-like surfaces.
A spacetime can be embedded in an enveloping space with all its extensions.
problem Existence and uniqueness of C0-maximal extensions in globally hyperbolic conformally flat spacetimes.
method Proving conformal embedding into an enveloping space containing all extensions.
result Existence and uniqueness of C0-maximal extensions proven.
New tractor geometry derived from asymptotically flat spacetimes.
problem Understanding the geometry of spacetimes near their boundaries.
method Derived null-tractor bundle from interior spacetime geometry, proved connections' uniqueness, and expressed results in BMS coordinates.
result Tractor connection encodes mass and angular momentum in 3D, and asymptotic shear in higher dimensions.
A classical pp-wave is a 4-dimensional Lorentzian spacetime which admits a nonvanishing parallel spinor field; here the connection is assumed to be Levi-Civita. We generalise this definition to metric compatible spacetimes with torsion and describe basic properties of such spacetimes. We use our generalised pp-waves fo…
New exact spherically symmetric vacuum solutions found in Finsler gravity.
problem Finding exact vacuum solutions in Finsler gravity.
method Spherically symmetric, asymptotically flat Berwald spacetimes solved for Finsler gravity vacuum equation.
result Only one class of spherically symmetric Berwald spacetimes is compatible with asymptotic flatness and a well-defined causal structure.
Warped-product black hole spacetimes are -inextendible.
problem Future -inextendibility of warped-product black hole spacetimes
method Adapting Sbierski's proof for a broad class of warped-product black hole spacetimes
result Future -inextendibility established for spacetimes with a static exterior region
The paper studies geometric structures in perfect fluid spacetimes with specific metrics.
problem Analyzing the geometric properties of perfect fluid spacetimes with specific metrics.
method Investigates conditions for conformal Ricci-Yamabe soliton and derives Laplace equations.
result Conditions for expanding, steady, or shrinking conformal Ricci-Yamabe solitons are identified.
The paper classifies coverings and non-Hausdorff extensions of Misner spacetime.
problem Classifying coverings and non-Hausdorff extensions of Misner spacetime.
method Covering constructions of the punctured Minkowski plane, quotient spacetimes, and explicit embeddings.
result A natural family of spacetimes including the Hawking--Ellis extension and its universal-cover analogue.
Normal geodesics connecting two non-necessarily spacelike submanifolds in a stationary spacetimemath.DG
In this paper we obtain an existence theorem for normal geodesics joining two given submanifolds in a globally hyperbolic stationary spacetime. The proof is based on both variational and geometric arguments involving the causal structure of the spacetime, the completeness of suitable Finsler metrics associated to it an…
The radar experiment connects the geometry of spacetime with an observers measurement of spatial length. We investigate the radar experiment on Finsler spacetimes which leads to a general definition of radar orthogonality and radar length. The directions radar orthogonal to an observer form the spatial equal time surfa…
This paper completes globally hyperbolic conformally flat spacetimes, proving they are topological manifolds.
problem Understanding the structure of spacetimes with specific properties.
method Analyzing globally hyperbolic conformally flat spacetimes, proving their causal completions are topological manifolds.
result Causal completions of globally hyperbolic conformally flat spacetimes are topological manifolds homeomorphic to S x [0, 1].
The spacetime is well known to arise as the 'near horizon' geometry of the extremal Reissner-Nordstrom solution, and for that reason it has been studied in connection with the AdS/CFT correspondence. Here we consider asymptotically spacetimes that obey the null energy condition (or…
In this sequel paper we give a shorter, second proof of the monotonicity of the Hawking mass for time flat surfaces under spacelike uniformly area expanding flows in spacetimes that satisfy the dominant energy condition. We also include a third proof which builds on a known formula and describe a class of sufficient co…
In this paper, we review results on the existence (and nonexistence) of constant mean curvature spacelike hypersurfaces in the cosmological setting, and discuss the connection to the spacetime splittng problem. It is a pleasure to dedicate this paper to Robert Bartnik, who has made fundamental contributions to this are…
Empirical evidence suggests link polynomials can detect causality in spacetimes.
problem Detect causality in -dimensional globally hyperbolic spacetimes.
method Introduced a new invariant of certain tangles related to the Conway polynomial.
result The Conway polynomial does not detect causality in certain spacetime scenarios.
We define an almost--cosymplectic--contact structure which generalizes cosymplectic and contact structures of an odd dimensional manifold. Analogously, we define an almost--coPoisson--Jacobi structure which generalizes a Jacobi structure. Moreover, we study relations between these structures and analyse the associated …
The Plebanski formulation of complex general relativity is given in terms of variables valued in the complexification of the Lie algebra. Therefore, it is genuinely a gauge theory that is also diffeomorphism-invariant. For this reason, the way that the Levi-Civita connection emerges from this formulation is not…
Modeling wormhole creation without singularities in relativity.
problem Creating wormholes without singularities in classical relativity.
method Topological surgery and Morse theory to construct a nonsingular wormhole.
result Wormholes can be created nonsingularly in classical relativity.
The paper investigates geometrical aspects of static spacetime with almost gradient Ricci solitons.
problem Geometrical properties of static spacetime with almost gradient Ricci solitons.
method Analyzing conditions and properties of static spacetime with almost gradient Ricci solitons.
result Conditions and properties of static spacetime with almost gradient Ricci solitons are determined.
Higher-dimensional Schwarzschild spacetimes violate the Penrose property.
problem Causal behavior of higher-dimensional Schwarzschild spacetimes.
method Analyzing causal properties in , , and dimensions.
result The Penrose property does not hold for dimensional Schwarzschild if .
The paper examines gravitational singularities in spacetimes and proves inextendibility.
problem Investigating gravitational singularities in spacetimes.
method Analyzing local holonomy and using it to prove inextendibility.
result Proves the -inextendibility of certain spacetimes.
Global hyperbolicity and Palais-Smale condition for action functionals in stationary spacetimesmath.DG
In order to apply variational methods to the action functional for geodesics of a stationary spacetime, some hypotheses, useful to obtain classical Palais-Smale condition, are commonly used: pseudo-coercivity, bounds on certain coefficients of the metric, etc. We prove that these technical assumptions admit a natural i…
The paper connects complex spacetimes to twistor spaces and finds an almost contact structure.
problem Understanding the geometry of complex spacetimes and their relation to twistor spaces.
method Using a correspondence between 5D complex spacetimes and 4D twistor spaces, the paper constructs almost contact structures.
result A 5-dimensional K-contact manifold can be derived from the Ren-Wang twistor space.
We identify a condition on spacelike 2-surfaces in a spacetime that is relevant to understanding the concept of mass in general relativity. We prove a formula for the variation of the spacetime Hawking mass under a uniformly area expanding flow and show that it is nonnegative for these so-called "time flat surfaces." S…
Study shows nonextendibility of warped spacelike singularities in specific spacetimes.
problem Nonextendibility of warped spacelike singularities in specific spacetimes.
method Establishes a local obstruction through integrability conditions and radial compression.
result Imply -inextendibility for the one-horizon Birmingham-Kottler family.
Recovering matrix valued potentials from wave equation data on stationary spacetimes.
problem Recovering a time-dependent matrix valued potential from wave equation data.
method Reduction to non-Abelian light ray transform and study of the transform.
result Sufficient conditions for solving the inverse problem on stationary spacetimes.